Running head: MOTIVATIONAL PSYCHO‐EDUCATION AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT 1 Changing Orientations to Corporal Punishment: A Randomized Control Trial of the Efficacy of a Motivational Approach to Psycho-Education Grant W.O. Holland and George W. Holden Southern Methodist University in press, Psychology of Violence Author Note Grant W. O. Holland, Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University; George W. Holden, Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University. This study was funded by an SMU University Research Council grant. Special thanks to several students’ help throughout the course of the study, especially Olivia Dossett, Kristin Nguyen, Erin Brannan; thanks to Rose Ashraf and Margaret Smith for their help during preparation of this manuscript. David Rosenfield provided statistical advice. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to either author at Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275. E-mails: gholland@smu.edu, gholden@smu.edu.